What Were Japanese Devs Favorite Games of 2010?

Have you ever wondered what your favorite game developers considered to be their favorite games? Well it seems that Dengeki Games is looking out for you, as they’ve recently posted a comprehensive survey that they conducted with some of Japan’s top gaming talent. Basically, they asked them what games from 2010 they loved most, and the results are interesting to look at, to say the least.

While there are plenty of developers who loved games with that famed Japanese flavor (such as Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, Pokemon Black and White, Vanquish and Mario Galaxy 2), it seems that there were just as many or more who preferred some largely Western titles. However, the top two games that most Japanese developers gravitated towards were both Heavy Rain and Red Dead Redemption.

Akihiro Hino(Level-5 CEO) – Heavy Rain, Limbo. He was pleased with Heavy Rain’s Japanese sales because he didn’t think it would sell in Japan. It was the first time in a while that he’d played something just because he wanted to see what happens next.

Jiro Ishii (Level-5 — 428 and Time Travelers) – Heavy Rain, Danganronpa. Regarding Time Travelers, he said the road is still long and steep.

Koichiro Ito(Chunsoft — Director of Love Zombie) – Red Dead Redemption, Heavy Rain, Dead Rising 2. He said his next title will add new play elements to a genre that Chunsoft is good at.

Keiichiro Sotoyama (SCEJ — Siren) – Limbo, Red Dead Redemption, Cut the Rope. He’s working on Gravity Daze for NGP and said that he believes 2011 will be the first time in a while he’ll be able to do stuff that gets shown to people.

Daisaku Ikejiri(SCEJ — Furi Furi! Sarugetchu) – Pokemon Black & White, Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, Limbo. He said he’s working on a variety of NGP titles, but we’ll have to wait a bit for announcement.

I’m not sure if you guys will find this as interesting as I did, but I just love seeing the reasons why they loved the particular games. The most common thing about Heavy Rain is that developers really felt like it showed the future of what gaming and story could be. Who knows if this will influence anything they’re working on in the near future, though.

3 thoughts on “What Were Japanese Devs Favorite Games of 2010?”

[quote comment=”15918″]This is cool, RDR is about the most American game I can think of. Good to see theres no bad blood or whatever.[/quote]
From people I know that have been there, apparently Japanese have a sort of weird obsession with American cowboys. Kinda how like we picture them as all ninjas.